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David Lee Roth, Van Halen’s proudly Jewish former frontman, is retiring from music

One of rock music’s most famous showmen, who first learned to sing while preparing for his bar mitzvah, is “throwing in the shoes.”

2 years after the synagogue attack in Halle, Germany, young Jews gather to turn mourning into activism

The Festival of Resilience, which commemorates the attack and celebrates Jewish life, has become a hub for learning and action against far-right extremism.

The man who’s seen more than 400 Holocaust movies — almost every one ever made — has some takeaways

Rich Brownstein, a lecturer on Holocaust film for Yad Vashem, has compiled the world’s most exhaustive catalogue of Holocaust movies.

Victor Esses onstage for his one-man show

A Brazilian-Lebanese-Jewish playwright explores the nostalgic Beirut of his family’s past

As Jon Stewart returns to TV, here’s a look back at his most Jewish moments

Why I made a podcast about Father Coughlin

Sarah Sherman, the latest Jewish actor on ‘SNL,’ compares her dad to Adam Sandler in ‘Uncut Gems’

Alana Haim makes acting debut in star-studded Paul Thomas Anderson film

Impossible Pork, shown with other ingredients.

Impossible Pork is here — but the plant-based meat won’t be certified as kosher

Two prisoners escape Auschwitz in a movie still

‘The Auschwitz Report’: Slovakian film follows real-life escapees who tried to warn the world

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